Morehead Forum embraces big ideas
by James G. Martin and Henry Issacson, Greensboro News-Record, January 12, 2014. When Gov. John Motley Morehead spoke of bringing the railroad to North Carolina, the idea was so big that most citizens... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The rest of the poverty story: reducing expenses important, too
For those of us old enough to remember Paul Harvey, we know there is always a “rest of the story.” This paper’s recent series on poverty did a superb job of describing the magnitude, trends and... Read More
Time to come clean at UNC-CH
Those waiting for the academic-athletic scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill to fade away should have welcomed the arrival of 2014. All the talk of no-show courses for athletes and the speculation about who in... Read More
'A serious failure on the part of NC'
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 12, 2014. On Oct. 8, Aldona Wos went before legislators and told them not to worry, her Department of Health and Human Services was making excellent progress... Read More
Competition is good medicine
Although the 2013 legislative session produced many victories for economic freedom, a notable exception was the unwillingness of lawmakers to encourage competition and innovation in medical care... Read More
ABC Stores' approach: Don't come in here, you lush
When he was preparing to run for governor, Pat McCrory called North Carolina’s government-run liquor stores part of Raleigh’s “culture of corruption” and said the state needed to privatize its... Read More
McCrory administration explores budget cuts to provide teacher pay
A memo from State Budget Director Art Pope to department heads is additional evidence that state leaders may increase pay for state workers in the 2014-15 budget, but it also suggests that... Read More
Death threats and denial for woman who showed college athletes struggle to read
by Sara Ganim, CNN, January 19, 2014. The death threats, Mary Willingham expected. More shocking is that the University of North Carolina is now disavowing her research as a whistle-blower... Read More
The Raleigh Experiment
North Carolina is an interesting place these days, and I mean that in the worst possible way. It’s a southern state, but one with a major technology complex, growing foreign investment, and what... Read More
Moyers-Pope feud continues over documentary
by Jim Morrill, Charlotte Observer, published in Lake Wylie Pilot, January 9, 2014. Journalist Bill Moyers on Thursday defended his documentary about North Carolina politics after one critic called it... Read More
